WildArt Photographer of the Year Winners - WET

WET was our competition category theme for January and is the design of Gail Bisson. We received 1,100 entries into this contest, the standard of which was simply amazing. Gail and her team certainly had a really tough job selecting the winning images from the entries. Gail supported the Nova Scotia Nature Trust and their Twice the Wild campaign with WET, for which the competition raised a total of £440 through competition entries fees and private donations. Many congratulations go to Marek Mierzejewski from Poland who has won the category Gold Award with this stunning image of Marbled White butterflies entitled ‘The Enchanted Morning on the Meadow’. Marek wins £500 and goes forward to our grand final at the end of the year where he is in with a chance of winning our very first WildArt Photographer of the Year title. A recording of our online Awards Presentation is opposite which includes reviews of the images by Gail Bisson and interviews with the winners.

MAREK MIERZEJEWSKI - WET GOLD AWARD WINNER

WET Gold Award Winner ‘The Enchanted Morning on the Meadow’ Marek Mierzejewski

Congratulations also go to Daróczi Csaba from Hungary who wins our Silver Award and £200 with this amazing image of Mallards on a partially frozen lake entitled ‘Mallards on Ice’; and also to Khaldoon Aldway from the United Arab Emirates who is awarded our Bronze prize and £100 for his image of Stingrays entitled ‘Surviving Battle’.

COTTON CARRIER PRIZE WINNER

We are delighted to be able to offer an additional prize for WET in the form of a Cotton Carrier Skout camera sling. This prize goes to Andy Parkinson from the United Kingdom for his image of a Kamchatka Brown Bear entitled ‘Shake it Off!’. This image is also Highly Commended by the judges.

WILD PLANET PHOTO MAGAZINE - EDITOR’S CHOICE

Congratulations go to Sue Dall from the United Kingdom who is our Wild Planet Photo Magazine Editor’s Choice for WET. Sue receives a year’s free subscription to the magazine from its editor Clare Disano. Sue’s image of a crab in the surf entitled ‘Awash’ is also Highly Commended by the judges.

WILDART YOUNG WET CATEGORY WINNER

Our congratulations go to Tamás Koncz-Bisztricz from Hungary who wins our Young Award for WET with this image of a Long-legged Fly entitled ‘Surface’. Tamás wins £50 and goes forward to our grand final at the end of the year and will be considered for our overall WildArt Young Photographer of the Year.